Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Unless things have changed (which I very much doubt), Casey isn't going to be an Illini.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (Week of May 1st, 2021)
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New coaching staff will change the Casey situation. Casey's Dad didn't like Chin. A lot of Chicago people are not fond of MIF connections and Chin was perceived as an MIF ally.
Ooh. TC you turned a negative into a potential positive.
How's our relationship with Tai Streets? If Chin truly ends up at Kentucky, is Kentucky out of it for AJ's services? Do AJ and JJ get along in that JJ is with MIF?
illininutt
- Tinley Park
While he was at Tinley Park he said Ky. is his dream school!
When Ayo was at Westinghouse his dream school was Duke.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
Ditto for Belo at LuHi
illininutt
- Tinley Park
At least we are on his radar!?
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
If we can get traction with the big non-MIF clubs in the Chicago area, and maintain our good relations with MIF, that would be...pretty good. By no means am I suggesting this will be a cake walk. But there's definitely opportunity here. Meanstreets, Wolves, etc. have some ballers.
What's up with the discrepancy between 247 and their composite for Podz? 65 vs 157 is a pretty huge difference.
They actually moved him up 16 spots. This is their site specific rankings not the composites. He's #98 composite (Melendez is #97 and Podz is #157)
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DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
Casey ain’t happenin’, sorry folks
illini.culture IG
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
You sure? I just looked at the top 247 ranking and it shows that his ranking dropped from #98 to #133:They didn't, they previously had him at 148. You're thinking of the composite, which had and still has him at 98.
All three Illini Class of 2021 signees rise in final 247Sports rankings
All three Illinois basketball Class of 2021 signees rose in the final 247Sports rankings for the Class of 2021. Wisconsin guard Brandin Podziemski rose six spots from No.247sports.com
The 133 is the 247 ranking. The 98 is the composite. Read the article I linked. Or click on "History" next to the ranking and it will show you the history of his rankings in either the composite or 247:
Luke Goode at Homestead Recruit Rank History
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Why's that?
DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
Michigan
Man... recruiting Chicago is seriously too complicated...
sacraig
- The desert
I'd be willing to bet there are similar basketball politics in other basketball hotbeds. We just hear a lot more about Chicago because it's 3 hours from campus.
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I thought “ I’d be willing to be bed” was going to be followed up by something much more.....interesting.
It doesn't take 3 hours if you drive the speed limit. Maybe if there is a traffic jam somewhere, then it would take 2.5 hours. I generally drive at most 10 over the speed limit and it takes me under 2 hours to reach Chicago from Champaign. It would probably take me less time now since I moved farther north in the area.
sacraig
- The desert
It doesn't take 3 hours if you drive the speed limit. Maybe if there is a traffic jam somewhere, then it would take 2.5 hours. I generally drive at most 10 over the speed limit and it takes me under 2 hours to reach Chicago from Champaign. It would probably take me less time now since I moved farther north in the area.
Fair. I always had to drive to the NW suburbs where my girlfriend lived.
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sacraig
- The desert
Presumably I didn't live in Arizona when I was attending UI, though I can't be too certain.
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this just shows how good our assistant coaches used to be at analizing developing talent
More about fit and development than ranking. Some about coaching adjustments around roster talent.
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